At exactly 9.45pm GMT, millions of girls were huddled around a computer screen, the Tumblr servers threatening to collapse.

All because one paparazzi picture of two celebrities, had confirmed the rumours that had split the glee fandom for so long.

'All the feels right now seriously I can't even I must be dreaming ahhhhh just no, no words can explain my happiness right now that these amazing people are together' Miranda posted, her eyes shining in her dark bedroom as she reblogged every gif set, picture, positive comment and drawing.

In Canada, 'crissblissforever' user commented: 'all I've ever wanted was for Darren and Chris to be happy. If they are happy then I'm happy'

A million miles away, Tumblr user 'darrenista' posted: 'CALLED IT FROM DAY ONE, BITCHES! PAY UP'

People's dashboards were filled in crisscolfer appreciation. Unfortunately, not all of it was positive.

'It better be a publicity stunt or Darren's been taken over by this evil!'

'Why did Darren hide who he was! Biggest hypocrite ever! Hope they break up'

'They're going to hate me' Chris said, his voice catching as he scrolled through all the hate.

Darren immediately wrapped his arms around Chris, as if trying to protect him from the poisonous arrows of the haters.

'Some will hate both of us but we knew some people would respond like this but hopefully we can show people that it's completely natural for best friends of the same gender to fall for each other'. Darren exclaimed his eyes the only light in the gloom of the rejection.

'They won't break us up, I won't let them ruin the best thing to ever happen to me' Chris said firmly.

'Even better than getting on glee or winning awards?' Darren asked half seriously.

'Yes, you are quite the catch Darren Criss' Chris smirked turning to swiftly capture Darren's lips.

'Let's not read the news just yet, that's enough hate for one day' Darren added.

'Lord of the rings marathon?' Chris added if Frodo could destroy the ring then they could destroy the hate that attempted to break them.

'Perfect idea, I'll grab the ice cream' Darren said just as his phone began to ring.

'Hi Mum!' Darren exclaimed shock clouding his features.

'We are so proud of you Darren' his mum said, tears saturating her voice.

'Thanks that means a lot Mum' Darren said his smile splitting his face in two.

'We know how hard that must have been but you'll make it work and prove people wrong on the way' she added.

Darren breathed out slowly letting his Mum's words envelop him like a childhood blanket.

'I don't care what the public think, as long as you are OK with it that it doesn't matter.' Darren replied.

'Of course we are Ok with it, our baby is in love! With such a talented young man too!' Darren laughed at that, Chris looking at him wishing he could hear what she was saying.

'Yes, he sure is.' Darren smiled, winking at Chris playfully.

'When are we going to have him over for dinner? My Adobo is legendary I've heard.'

She asked.

'Soon, I miss your cooking Mum. Say Hi to Dad for me' Darren said, his eyes tearing up.

'It better be soon we miss you, Chuck will come over too. Keep strong baby.' She finished, knowing that the danger was far from over.

Darren hung up the phone and collapsed onto the couch, Ben and Jerries in hand.

'She wants to meet me?' Chris asked surprised, snuggling into Darren's chest.

'Of course, she doesn't want to meet all of my relationships though so you should be honoured.' Darren responded.

'I am, really. My mum will want to meet you too. Now then, let's see what Frodo's up too.'

They soon were engrossed in the vast landscapes and epic battle scenes of the film, feeding each other ice cream from time to time and eventually falling asleep, both dreaming of a future when they wouldn't have to worry about hate mail or losing their careers.

A/N: Hey! can't believe how long it's been since I last updated this. sooooo sorry once again. I thought I would have loads of time this summer to write but with going different places, catching up with friends and moving to a new flat it's all been crazy! then fanfiction changing the rules made me not want to update for a while. Punish Me story got deleted but is on .net under darrenklainefan (author) your story alerts kept me going so thank you for sticking with this story. Thanks for marli-slashs fan and Fujoshi16 for the idea about Tumblr reactions and for 'darrenista' and 'crissblissforever' for your what you would say if Crisscolfer announced they were together :D I will always finish this story no matter how long it takes. less than 3